✔️|| 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 • 𝐓𝐕𝐃¹

20

{𝐌𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥}
———

Elena and Alaric are walking through the tunnel in the cellar.

"So, the Lockwoods really have no idea that these tunnels are underneath their property?" Elena asked as she shined the flashlight in a dark area.

"Careful where you shine that thing. Bats hate the light." Alaric told her making her look at him in fright.

"Wait, what?" Elena questioned as Damon secretly comes up and whispers behind her.

"Elena!" Damon whispered making Elena turn around and sees him.

"Boo!" Damon exclaimed making Elena jump from fright.

"Ah! God, Damon!" Elena gasped as she hit Damon's shoulder making Damon chuckle.

"Scaredy-cat!" Damon told her as Alaric rolled his eyes at the two.

"Just ignore him. That's what I do." Alaric told her making her ignore his statement as she turns to Damon.

"So, you really can't get in?" Elena asked with a frown making Damon fake pout before he shook his head.

"No. Seems even the ancient Lockwoods were anti-vampire." Damon told her making her brows furrow in confusion. Ancient?

"What do you mean, ancient?" Elena asked the vampire making him gesture forward.

"See for yourself." Damon told her making them walk further into the tunnels, to the cave with drawings on the walls.

"Well, this is as far as I get to go." Damon muttered as Elena enters the chamber and shines her flashlight on the walls with the drawings.

"What is all this?" Elena asked as she shined her flashlight around the ancient drawings.

"Well, as far as I can tell, it's a story. In simple, archaeological terms, it's a really, really old story. That right there, is the moon cycle. A man and a woman, two wolfs." Alaric told her as he pointed at each drawing to let her know what he was talking about.

"Werewolves." Elena muttered in realization making Damon smirk sarcastically.

"Yeah, it's the "Lockwood Diaries: Pictionary-Style."" Damon told her making her sigh in confusion.

"I don't understand. I thought the Lockwoods came here with the Original Founders in the 1860s." Elena told them making Alaric blow out air as he nodded.

"I don't know. Maybe the Lockwoods did, but according to this wall, these werewolves have been here a lot longer than that." Alaric told her making her brows furrow even more.

"How long?" Elena questioned making Alaric and Damon share a look.

"Long. It gets better. Show her, Ric." Damon told him making Alaric move further into the caves.

"Names. They're not native. They're written in Runic, a Viking script." Alaric said as he pointed at the wall with names craved in.

"Vikings?" Elena questioned

"This name here, I translated it and it reads Niklaus." Alaric told her making her eyes widen a bit.